Deuteronomy 26
1 Na Angraeng Sithaw mah qawk ah toep han paek ih prae thungah, na kun moe, a thungah kho na sak naah,
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 na Angraeng Sithaw mah paek ih prae thung ih athai tangsuek thingthainawk to benthang thungah suem boih ah loe, na Angraeng Sithaw ih ahmin oh hanah, qoih ih ahmuen ah caeh ah,
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 to nathuem ih qaima toksah kami khaeah caeh ah loe, Angraeng mah aicae paek hanah aicae ampanawk khaeah sak ih lokkamhaih prae to ka phak boeh, tiah na Angraeng Sithaw khaeah vaihniah ka taphong boeh, tiah thui oh.
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 Qaima mah na ban ih benthang to la ueloe, na Angraeng Sithaw ih hmaicam hmaa ah suem tih.
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 To naah nang mah na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah, Kam pa loe ahmuen kruekah kamhet rumram, Syria kami ah oh, anih loe kami zetta hoi ni Izip prae ah caeh tathuk; toe anih loe to ah khosak moe, kalen parai acaeng, thacak hoi pop parai acaeng ah angcoeng:
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 toe Izip kaminawk mah pacaekthlaek moe, patang ang khang o sak, misong baktiah tok karai ang sak o sak.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Toe kam panawk ih Angraeng Sithaw khaeah ka hang o naah, Angraeng mah kaicae hanghaih lok to thaih moe, kaicae raihaih, patangkhanghaih hoi pacaekthlaekhaih doeh ang hnuk pae.
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 To pongah Angraeng mah thacak a ban payanghaih, zit thok hmuen, angmathaih hoi dawnrai koi kaom hmuen sakhaih rang hoiah ni kaicae hae Izip prae thung hoiah ang zaeh.
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 Anih mah to ahmuen hoiah ang zaeh moe, tahnutui hoi khoitui longhaih hae prae ah ang caeh haih.
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 Vaihi khenah, Aw Angraeng, nang paek ih prae thung ih athai tangsuek hmuen hae nang khaeah kang sin o; tiah thui oh. Na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah benthang to suem oh loe, na Angraeng Sithaw to bok oh.
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 To pacoengah nang loe nangmah khaeah kaom, Levi kaminawk, prae kalah kaminawk hoi nawnto, na Angraeng Sithaw mah nangmah hoi nangmacae ih caanawk hanah paek ih kahoih hmuennawk boih nuiah anghoe oh.
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 Hato thung maeto paekhaih saning thumto naah, Levi kaminawk, prae kalah angvin, amno ampa tawn ai kaminawk hoi lamhmainawk mah, vangpui thungah caak o moe, zok amhah o hanah, na hnuk o ih hmuennawk boih thung hoi ih hato thungah maeto pahoe ah.
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 To pacoengah na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah, Nang paek ih loknawk baktih toengah ka imthung takoh hoi kaciim hmuennawk to kang sin moe, Levi, angvin, amno ampa tawn ai kami hoi lamhmainawk hanah ka paek boeh; nang paek ih lok kang qoi o taak ai moe, maeto doeh ka pahnet ai.
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 Palungsethaih ka tong naah ka caa ai moe, kaciim ai ah patoh han ih hmuen ah doeh ka la ai; kadueh kami han doeh ka paek ai; ka Angraeng Sithaw ih lok to ka tahngaih moe, nang paek ih loknawk to ka sak boih.
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 Van hoiah na ohhaih hmuenciim to khen tathuk ah loe, nangmah ih Israel kaminawk hoi kam panawk khaeah paek han na sak ih lokkamhaih baktih toengah, kaicae han nang paek ih prae, tahnutui hoi khoitui longhaih prae to, tahamhoihaih paek ah, tiah thuih han oh.
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 Hae ih zaehhoihaih hoi lokcaekhaih daannawk ka pazui o thai hanah, vaihniah na Angraeng Sithaw mah lok ang paek boeh; to pongah poekhaih palungthin boih, hinghaih boih hoi pazui oh loe, sah oh.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Angraeng loe na Sithaw ah oh pongah, a loklam ah caeh moe, anih ih zaehhoihaih daannawk, a lokcaekhaih hoi a thuih ih loknawk to ka pazui o han, a lok to ka tahngaih o han, tiah vaihniah na taphong o boeh;
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 Angraeng loe a suek ih lok baktih toengah, angmah ih kami ah oh moe, a paek ih kaaloknawk to pazui boih hanah,
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 a thuih ih lok baktih toengah, nangcae loe a sak ih kaminawk boih thungah na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah ciimcai kami ah na oh o, saphawhaih, kasang ahmin amthanghaih hoi pakoehhaih to nangcae khaeah paek hanah, vaihniah a thuih boeh.
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
